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The Tribal Moment in American Politics - The Struggle for Native American Sovereignty (Paperback)
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The Tribal Moment in American Politics - The Struggle for Native American Sovereignty (Paperback)
Series: Contemporary Native American Communities
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In the "tribal moment in American politics," which occurred from
the 1950s to the mid- to late-1970s, American Indians waged civil
disobedience for tribal self-determination and fought from within
the U.S. legal and political systems. The U.S. government responded
characteristically, overall wielding its authority in incremental,
frequently double-edged ways that simultaneously opened and
restricted tribal options. The actions of Native Americans and
public officials brought about a new era of tribal-American
relations in which tribal sovereignty has become a central issue,
underpinning self-determination, and involving the tribes, states,
and federal government in intergovernmental cooperative activities
as well as jurisdictional skirmishes. American Indian tribes
struggle still with the impacts of a capitalist economy on their
traditional ways of life. Most rely heavily on federal support. Yet
they have also called on tribal sovereignty to protect themselves.
Asking how and why the United States is willing to accept tribal
sovereignty, this book examines the development of the "order" of
Indian affairs. Beginning with the nation's founding, it brings to
light the hidden assumptions in that order. It examines the
underlying deep contradictions that have existed in the
relationship between the United States and the tribes as the order
has evolved, up to and into the "tribal moment."
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